full open-access journals from the IUCr

1. Introduction

These journals are free of
charge to all readers. The costs of peer review, of journal
production, and of online hosting and archiving are met by
charging an open-access fee to authors. This document provides a
summary of the open-access policy for these journals. The open-access
policy of other IUCr journals is
described elsewhere.

2. Open access and authors

Authors will be asked to pay an open-access fee upon acceptance of
their article for publication. However, please note that authors
will be asked to confirm that they can pay the open-access fee, or that they
have a payment waiver, at the submission
stage.

3. The open-access fee

The fees are used to meet the costs of peer review, of journal production, and of online hosting and archiving.

3.1 Waivers

Authors from developing countries may apply for their open-access
fees to be waived. Waiver requests must
be made before submission of an article to the journal.

3.2. Discounts

Discounts are available for advance payment of open-access fees. For more details of discounts, go to the web pages of the individual journals.

4. Payment

4.1. How to pay

Authors may pay by credit card, cheque or voucher. Please note
that purchase order and invoicing arrangements are also
available. For more details of how to pay, go to the web pages of
the individual journals.

4.2. Reimbursement

5. Open access and copyright

Authors will not be asked to transfer copyright to the IUCr, but
will instead be asked to agree during article submission to an open-access licence. This licence
is a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) Licence.

6. Open-access membership

Institutions may take out open-access membership of Crystallography Journals Online.
Researchers from member institutions have the right to discounts
for advance payment of open-access fees. If your organisation would
like to become a member, please contact support@iucr.org.

7. Open access and funding bodies

Some funding bodies, e.g. NIH, require authors to deposit
their articles in a recognised archive such as PubMed Central. A summary
of the IUCr arrangements for NIH-funded authors can be found at
http://journals.iucr.org/services/nihpolicy.html.